Nigerian-American Anthony Odunsi (193-G-92) had a very impressive game in the last round for league's second-best Stjarnan and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 15.The 24-year old guard had the game-high 28 points adding nine rebounds and four assists for Stjarnan in his team's victory, helping them to edge out Keflavik (#7, 7-8) 106-103. Stjarnan maintains the 2nd position in Icelandic Dominos League. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Stjarnan will need more victories to improve their 11-4 record. Odunsi just recently signed at Stjarnan, being already a very valuable addition to the team. Anthony Odunsi averages just after three games 22.3ppg and 7.0rpg.

The second most remarkable performance in last round's games was 27-year old British swingman Chris Caird (198-F/G-89, agency: Interperformances) of Tindastoll. Caird impressed basketball fans with 39 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Bad luck as Tindastoll lost that game 86-92 to the lower-ranked Njardvik (#9, 7-8). This loss caused Tindastoll to drop to 3rd position in the standings. His team's 10-5 record is not bad at all. Caird is a newcomer at Tindastoll and it seems he did not have too much trouble to become one of team's leaders.

The third best performed player last round was American Amin Stevens (203-F-90) of Keflavik (#7). Stevens scored 28 points and grabbed seventeen rebounds (!!!). Despite Stevens' great performance Keflavik lost 103-106 to the higher-ranked Stjarnan (#2, 11-4). But his team cannot count on just a single shooter as he also needs help of the other teammates. The chances of Keflavik ranking at the top of the league, however are very questionable as they have already lost 8 games, recording just seven victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Stevens could help Keflavik to bring them higher in the standings. Stevens has a great season in Iceland. After 15 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 30.6ppg (best scorer) and rebounds with 15.7rpg (#1 in league). He also has 2.1spg and FGP: 61.8%.

The Player of the week is chosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

Thor AK Akureyri (Dominos League) added to their roster 26-year old American power forward Marques Oliver (201-100kg-91, college: Delaware State). He played last season at Fjolnir in the D1. In 8 games he recorded very impressive stats: 19.4ppg, 9.0rpg, 2.6apg, 2.0spg and 2.6bpg. Oliver helped them to make it to the semifinals. He was voted All-MEAC 2nd Team back in 2012 at his college time. Oliver has played previously professionally in Canada (Orangeville A's) and Germany (ETB Wohnbau a... [read more]

Thor AK Akureyri (Dominos League) added to their roster 26-year old American power forward Marques Oliver (201-100kg-91, college: Delaware State). He played last season at Fjolnir in the D1. In 8 games he recorded very impressive stats: 19.4ppg, 9.0rpg, 2.6apg, 2.0spg and 2.6bpg. Oliver helped them to make it to the semifinals. He was voted All-MEAC 2nd Team back in 2012 at his college time.Oliver has played previously professionally in Canada (Orangeville A's) and Germany (ETB Wohnbau and Cuxhaven BasCats).He attended Delaware State until 2013 and it will be his fifth season as a professional player.

Thor AK Akureyri (Dominos League) landed 22-year old guard Hreidar Vilhjalmsson (190-95). He has played for the last four years at Fjolnir in the D1. In 28 games he averaged 5.4ppg, 1.2rpg and 1.9apg last season. Vilhjalmsson helped them to make it to the semifinals. He played in the final of Icelandic D1 Playoff in 2016. By Eurobasket Data Center Check also Complete Transfers List in Iceland [read more]

Thor AK Akureyri (Dominos League) landed 22-year old guard Hreidar Vilhjalmsson (190-95). He has played for the last four years at Fjolnir in the D1. In 28 games he averaged 5.4ppg, 1.2rpg and 1.9apg last season. Vilhjalmsson helped them to make it to the semifinals. He played in the final of Icelandic D1 Playoff in 2016.

Russia - Iceland 82-69 Russia won the International tournament in Kazan undefeated. In the last game the overcame Iceland 82-69 to finish with a perfect 3-0 record. Russia insured a 24-15 lead from the start and added a 24-16 run in the second period. Iceland pulled back in the third quarter as they produced a 23-12 surge, however the hosts closed the game with a final 22-15 rally. Mikhail Kulagin (191-G-94, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) top-scored for the winners with 20 points and Timofey... [read more]

Russia - Iceland 82-69

Russia won the International tournament in Kazan undefeated. In the last game the overcame Iceland 82-69 to finish with a perfect 3-0 record. Russia insured a 24-15 lead from the start and added a 24-16 run in the second period. Iceland pulled back in the third quarter as they produced a 23-12 surge, however the hosts closed the game with a final 22-15 rally.Mikhail Kulagin (191-G-94, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) top-scored for the winners with 20 points and Timofey Mozgov (216-C-86, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) netted 15. Vitaliy Fridzon (195-G-85, agency: Alti Sport) followed them with 11 points. Martin Hermannsson (190-G-94, college: LIU Brooklyn) answered with 22 points in the losing effort whilst Haukur Palsson (197-SF-92, college: Maryland) had 12.

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